催化学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 47: 150-160.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64417-1

• 论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

2D氮化碳: 通过调节非金属硼掺杂C3N5阐明宽酸性及碱性pH范围的光催化析氢的反应机理

Sue-Faye Nga,b, 陈星竹c, Joel Jie Fooa,b, 熊墨d,*(), Wee-Jun Onga,b,e,f,g,*()   

  1. a厦门大学马来西亚分校能源与化学工程学院, 雪兰莪, 马来西亚
    b厦门大学马来西亚分校纳米能源与催化技术卓越中心(CONNECT), 雪兰莪, 马来西亚
    cKAUST催化中心, 阿卜杜拉国王科技大学, 吉达, 沙特阿拉伯
    d西安交通大学物理学院, 教育部物质非平衡合成与调控重点实验室, 陕西西安710049, 中国
    e固体表面物理化学国家重点实验室, 厦门大学化学化工学院, 福建厦门361005, 中国
    f厦门大学深圳研究院, 广东深圳518057, 中国
    g厦门大学古雷石化研究院, 福建漳州363216, 中国
  • 收稿日期:2022-12-28 接受日期:2023-02-08 出版日期:2023-04-18 发布日期:2023-03-20
  • 通讯作者: *电子信箱: weejun.ong@xmu.edu.my (W.-J. Ong),xiongmo@xjtu.edu.cn (熊墨).
  • 基金资助:
    马来西亚高等教育部 (MOHE)“基础研究基金”(FRGS/1/2020/TK0/XMU/02/1);马来西亚科学、技术和创新部 (MOSTI)“战略研究基金"(SRF-APP);马来西亚科学、技术和创新部 (MOSTI)“战略研究基金"(S.22015);国家自然科学基金委(22202168);广东省基础与应用基础研究基金(2021A1515111019);厦门大学马来西亚分校研究基金(IENG/0038);厦门大学马来西亚分校的启动资助(ICOE/0001);厦门大学马来西亚分校的启动资助(XMUMRF/2021-C8/IENG/0041);厦门大学马来西亚分校的启动资助(XMUMRF/2019-C3/IENG/0013)

2D carbon nitrides: Regulating non-metal boron-doped C3N5 for elucidating the mechanism of wide pH range photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction

Sue-Faye Nga,b, Xingzhu Chenc, Joel Jie Fooa,b, Mo Xiongd,*(), Wee-Jun Onga,b,e,f,g,*()   

  1. aSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia
    bCenter of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia
    cKAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
    dMOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
    eState Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
    fShenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Shenzhen 518057, Guangdong, China
    gGulei Innovation Institute, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou 363216, Fujian, China
  • Received:2022-12-28 Accepted:2023-02-08 Online:2023-04-18 Published:2023-03-20
  • Contact: *E-mail: weejun.ong@xmu.edu.my (W.-J. Ong),xiongmo@xjtu.edu.cn (M. Xiong).
  • About author:Wee-Jun Ong (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia) received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Monash University. He is presently an Assistant Dean and Associate Professor in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM). From 2016 to 2018, he was a scientist at Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) in Singapore. Starting from 2021, he becomes a Director of the Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT) at XMUM. In 2019, he was a visiting scientist at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany and a visiting professor at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), USA. His research interests focus on tunable design of nanostructured materials (i.e., 2D nanoarchitectures and carbon-based substrates) for photocatalytic, photoelectrocatalytic, and electrochemical H2O splitting, CO2 reduction, N2 fixation and alcohol oxidation. Apart from these, his most recent progresses include the 3D printing nanotechnology as well as microwave plasma methane cracking for graphene and hydrogen production/storage. He has coauthored more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and received over 16000 citations and a H-index of 56 to date.
  • Supported by:
    Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)(FRGS/1/2020/TK0/XMU/02/1);Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia under the Strategic Research Fund(SRF-APP);Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia under the Strategic Research Fund(S.22015);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22202168);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2021A1515111019);Xiamen University Malaysia Investigatorship Grant(IENG/0038);Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund(ICOE/0001);Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund(XMUMRF/2021-C8/IENG/0041)

摘要:

太阳能驱动水裂解产氢是一种绿色能源技术, 用于制备可再生和零碳排放燃料以实现可持续能源生产. 近期, 氮化碳(g-C3N4)同素异形体C3N5的出现克服了g-C3N4的固有缺点, 如光生载流子快速复合和可见光吸收差, 而导致极低的光催化效率.

本文将硼掺杂剂通过原子替换或间隙掺杂的方式引入到C3N5体系中, 并利用密度泛函理论对纯C3N5和硼掺杂C3N5体系进行计算, 考察了硼原子对C3N5电子和光学性能的影响以及其催化析氢反应(HER)机理. 热力学计算结果表明, 硼原子掺杂在C3N5体系中是可行且有利的. 在N3位氮原子被硼原子取代(BN3-C3N5)后, 带隙(0.6 eV)变窄. 与纯C3N5相比, 硼掺杂剂通过Volmer Tafel和Volmer Heyrovsky机制降低了酸性和碱性介质中HER反应中决定步骤的反应能垒. BN3-C3N5表面的氢吸附吉布斯自由能 (0.11 eV)与Pt/C催化剂(‒0.09 eV)相当. 综上, 非金属掺杂碳可提高氮化物的催化性能, 对未来该方向研究提供一定借鉴.

关键词: 氮化碳, 同素异形体, 析氢反应, 密度泛函理论, 酸性介质, 碱性介质, 光催化

Abstract:

Solar-driven water splitting for green hydrogen production has been prospected as an auspicious technology to achieve sustainable energy generation by shifting towards renewable and zero-carbon emission fuels. Recently, N-rich C3N5 allotropes are emerging to surpass the intrinsic drawbacks of g-C3N4, which are the rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carriers and poor visible light absorption, resulting in low photocatalytic efficiency. In this study, density functional theory calculation was conducted on the pristine C3N5 and boron-doped C3N5 systems to study the effect of boron atom on the electronic and optical properties, as well as the hydrogen evolution reaction mechanism. The boron-dopants were introduced in C3N5 through substitutional or interstitial doping. It is indicated that the incorporation of boron atoms in the C3N5 matrix is thermodynamically favorable. A band gap narrowing of 0.6 eV was observed after the N3-site nitrogen atom was replaced by a boron atom (BN3-C3N5). Compared to pristine C3N5, the boron-dopant also reduced the reaction energies of potential determining step of the HER pathway in both acid and alkaline media through the Volmer-Tafel and Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism. The Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption (ΔGH*) of BN3-C3N5 (0.11 eV) is comparable to the benchmark Pt/C catalyst (-0.09 eV). These theoretical results allude to the elucidated catalytic performance of non-metal doped carbon nitrides that can be applied to future experimental and computational analysis.

Key words: Carbon nitride, Allotrope, Hydrogen evolution reaction, Density functional theory, Acidic media, Alkaline media, Photocatalysis